Jon Jones In More Legal Trouble

Jon Jones is facing more legal troubles with the news that there is further fallout from his initial charges relating to a car accident in February. 

According to reports, Jones was charged following a car accident in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is alleged that the authorities arrived to the scene to find a woman, who was in the passenger seat of a crashed vehicle. It is claimed that Jones was the driver before he allegedly ran away from the scene. Now, a new legal issue has cropped up, with suggestions that Jones was using his phone to “Terrify, Intimidate, Threaten, Harass, Annoy or Offend.” This was after an officer allegedly spoke to Jones, who was apparently intoxicated during a phone call. 

“My brothers, they kill people for way less. They slit throats. They’re the most evil people you’ll ever meet. Guess what, you won’t be the first guy this year that I’ve threatened, swear to God. You’d be the second one,” Jones alleged said to the officer 

Jones has pleaded not guilty, as a bench trial will take place on August 14. Meanwhile, Jones’ attorney, Christopher Dodd, has filed to dismiss the motion due to duplicate charges in the same case. 

Jones’ Attorney

“Put simply, Mr. Jones is already facing prosecution in a separate case for the same factual allegations set forth in the criminal complaint in this matter, and it was wholly improper for this separate case to be filed. The court should dismiss this case as it violates the mandatory joinder rule. The incidents at issue in both cases are one and the same. Mr. Jones now is forced to defend himself against two separate cases involves the exact same factual allegations.

“It is unknown why an [Albuquerque Police Department] detective and an [Albuquerque Police Department] officer who were both involved in the investigation of this case would not communicate and coordinate who would file charges but that seems to be what happened, unless the truth is that these law enforcement officers intentionally violated the same mandatory joinder rule for some improper strategic purpose., Either way, the result in the same, this case should be dismissed as Mr. Jones has been impermissibly charged twice for the same underlying incident,” Dodd said